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Saipan International Airport

Francisco C. Ada Airport
Saipan International Airport; Francisco C. Ada Airport
	IATA: SPN; ICAO: PGSN; FAA LID: GSN;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Commonwealth Ports Authority
Location	Saipan
Elevation AMSL	215 ft / 66 m
Coordinates	15°07′08″N 145°43′46″E / 15.11889°N 145.72944°E
Website	cpa.gov.mp/spnapt.asp
Runways
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	39,542
Based aircraft	22
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN, ICAO: PGSN, FAA LID: GSN), also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The airport is owned by Commonwealth Ports Authority.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Saipan International Airport is assigned GSN by the FAA and SPN by the IATA (which assigned GSN to Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia). ^[2] ^[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Saipan International Airport covers an area of 734 acres (297 ha) which contains one paved runway (7/25) measuring 8,700 x 200 ft. (2,652 x 61 m).^[1]

For 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 39,542 aircraft operations, an average of 108 per day: 61% air taxi, 19% general aviation, 18% scheduled commercial and 1% military.^[1]

Airlines and destinations

Air China (Beijing) [charter]
Asiana Airlines (Busan, Seoul-Incheon)
China Eastern Airlines (Shanghai-Pudong) [charter]
China Southern Airlines (Guangzhou) [Seasonal]
Continental Airlines
- operated by Continental Micronesia (Manila)
- operated by Cape Air (Guam, Rota)
EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan) [charter]
Freedom Air (Guam, Rota, Tinian)
Northwest Airlines (Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Tokyo-Narita)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for GSN PDF, retrieved 2007-03-15
^ Great Circle Mapper: SPN - Obyan, Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands
^ Great Circle Mapper: GSN - Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia

External links

Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for PGSN at AirNav
- Airport Information and Live Flight Tracker for PGSN at FlightAware
- Recent weather observations for PGSN at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for SPN at Aviation Safety Network

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[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for GSN PDF, retrieved 2007-03-15

[2] Great Circle Mapper: SPN - Obyan, Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands

[3] Great Circle Mapper: GSN - Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia

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 * [[China Southern Airlines]] (Guangzhou) [Seasonal]
 * [[Continental Airlines]]
-** [[Continental Airlines]] operated by [[Continental Micronesia]] (Manila)
+** operated by [[Continental Micronesia]] (Manila)
-** [[Continental Connection]] operated by [[Cape Air]] (Guam, Rota)
+** operated by [[Cape Air]] (Guam, Rota)
 * [[EVA Air]] (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan) [charter]
 * [[Freedom Air (Guam)|Freedom Air]] (Guam, Rota, Tinian)